diff --git a/conf/layer.conf b/conf/layer.conf
index 0df82a7..764afde 100644
--- a/conf/layer.conf
+++ b/conf/layer.conf
@@ -10,9 +10,6 @@
 LAYERVERSION_phosphor-layer = "1"
 LAYERSERIES_COMPAT_phosphor-layer = "thud warrior"
 
-# Provide a variable that points the base of the phosphor layer.
-PHOSPHORBASE = '${@os.path.normpath("${LAYERDIR}/")}'
-
 IMAGE_FEATURES[validitems] += "tools-profile"
 
 # Let us add layer-specific bbappends which are only applied when that
diff --git a/recipes-core/systemd/obmc-targets.bb b/recipes-core/systemd/obmc-targets.bb
index 00c21b9..4146dba 100644
--- a/recipes-core/systemd/obmc-targets.bb
+++ b/recipes-core/systemd/obmc-targets.bb
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 HOMEPAGE = "http://github.com/openbmc"
 PR = "r1"
 LICENSE = "Apache-2.0"
-LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${PHOSPHORBASE}/COPYING.apache-2.0;md5=34400b68072d710fecd0a2940a0d1658"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${COREBASE}/meta/files/common-licenses/Apache-2.0;md5=89aea4e17d99a7cacdbeed46a0096b10"
 
 inherit obmc-phosphor-systemd
 inherit allarch
diff --git a/recipes-phosphor/certificate/phosphor-bmcweb-cert-config.bb b/recipes-phosphor/certificate/phosphor-bmcweb-cert-config.bb
index c0cea9c..cc1f082 100644
--- a/recipes-phosphor/certificate/phosphor-bmcweb-cert-config.bb
+++ b/recipes-phosphor/certificate/phosphor-bmcweb-cert-config.bb
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 PR = "r1"
 
 LICENSE = "Apache-2.0"
-LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${PHOSPHORBASE}/LICENSE;md5=19407077e42b1ba3d653da313f1f5b4e"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${COREBASE}/meta/files/common-licenses/Apache-2.0;md5=89aea4e17d99a7cacdbeed46a0096b10"
 
 RDEPENDS_${PN} = "phosphor-certificate-manager"
 
diff --git a/recipes-phosphor/certificate/phosphor-nslcd-authority-cert-config.bb b/recipes-phosphor/certificate/phosphor-nslcd-authority-cert-config.bb
index d41de2b..f15fc73 100644
--- a/recipes-phosphor/certificate/phosphor-nslcd-authority-cert-config.bb
+++ b/recipes-phosphor/certificate/phosphor-nslcd-authority-cert-config.bb
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 PR = "r1"
 
 LICENSE = "Apache-2.0"
-LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${PHOSPHORBASE}/LICENSE;md5=19407077e42b1ba3d653da313f1f5b4e"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${COREBASE}/meta/files/common-licenses/Apache-2.0;md5=89aea4e17d99a7cacdbeed46a0096b10"
 
 RDEPENDS_${PN} = "phosphor-certificate-manager"
 
diff --git a/recipes-phosphor/certificate/phosphor-nslcd-cert-config.bb b/recipes-phosphor/certificate/phosphor-nslcd-cert-config.bb
index d344851..0a53a32 100644
--- a/recipes-phosphor/certificate/phosphor-nslcd-cert-config.bb
+++ b/recipes-phosphor/certificate/phosphor-nslcd-cert-config.bb
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 PR = "r1"
 
 LICENSE = "Apache-2.0"
-LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${PHOSPHORBASE}/LICENSE;md5=19407077e42b1ba3d653da313f1f5b4e"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${COREBASE}/meta/files/common-licenses/Apache-2.0;md5=89aea4e17d99a7cacdbeed46a0096b10"
 
 RDEPENDS_${PN} = "phosphor-certificate-manager"
 
diff --git a/recipes-phosphor/chassis/obmc-host-failure-reboots.bb b/recipes-phosphor/chassis/obmc-host-failure-reboots.bb
index e82eaea..490a615 100644
--- a/recipes-phosphor/chassis/obmc-host-failure-reboots.bb
+++ b/recipes-phosphor/chassis/obmc-host-failure-reboots.bb
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 on host failures"
 PR = "r1"
 LICENSE = "Apache-2.0"
-LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${PHOSPHORBASE}/COPYING.apache-2.0;md5=34400b68072d710fecd0a2940a0d1658"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${COREBASE}/meta/files/common-licenses/Apache-2.0;md5=89aea4e17d99a7cacdbeed46a0096b10"
 
 inherit obmc-phosphor-systemd
 
diff --git a/recipes-phosphor/chassis/obmc-phosphor-chassisd.bb b/recipes-phosphor/chassis/obmc-phosphor-chassisd.bb
index fb56db2..a32ba12 100644
--- a/recipes-phosphor/chassis/obmc-phosphor-chassisd.bb
+++ b/recipes-phosphor/chassis/obmc-phosphor-chassisd.bb
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 DESCRIPTION = "Phosphor OpenBMC chassis management reference implementation."
 PR = "r1"
 LICENSE = "Apache-2.0"
-LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${PHOSPHORBASE}/COPYING.apache-2.0;md5=34400b68072d710fecd0a2940a0d1658"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${COREBASE}/meta/files/common-licenses/Apache-2.0;md5=89aea4e17d99a7cacdbeed46a0096b10"
 
 inherit obmc-phosphor-pydbus-service
 
diff --git a/recipes-phosphor/clear-once/clear-once.bb b/recipes-phosphor/clear-once/clear-once.bb
index 5d6d889..4f32a06 100644
--- a/recipes-phosphor/clear-once/clear-once.bb
+++ b/recipes-phosphor/clear-once/clear-once.bb
@@ -6,4 +6,4 @@
 inherit obmc-phosphor-systemd
 
 LICENSE = "Apache-2.0"
-LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${PHOSPHORBASE}/COPYING.apache-2.0;md5=34400b68072d710fecd0a2940a0d1658"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${COREBASE}/meta/files/common-licenses/Apache-2.0;md5=89aea4e17d99a7cacdbeed46a0096b10"
diff --git a/recipes-phosphor/dbus/dbus-perms.bb b/recipes-phosphor/dbus/dbus-perms.bb
index 1ba73d8..b194740 100644
--- a/recipes-phosphor/dbus/dbus-perms.bb
+++ b/recipes-phosphor/dbus/dbus-perms.bb
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 HOMEPAGE = "http://github.com/openbmc/"
 PR = "r1"
 LICENSE = "Apache-2.0"
-LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${PHOSPHORBASE}/COPYING.apache-2.0;md5=34400b68072d710fecd0a2940a0d1658"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${COREBASE}/meta/files/common-licenses/Apache-2.0;md5=89aea4e17d99a7cacdbeed46a0096b10"
 
 inherit allarch
 inherit dbus-dir
diff --git a/recipes-phosphor/dbus/phosphor-dbus-interfaces-mapper-config-native.bb b/recipes-phosphor/dbus/phosphor-dbus-interfaces-mapper-config-native.bb
index 7c9d5da..3dfc3b1 100644
--- a/recipes-phosphor/dbus/phosphor-dbus-interfaces-mapper-config-native.bb
+++ b/recipes-phosphor/dbus/phosphor-dbus-interfaces-mapper-config-native.bb
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 watch list."
 
 LICENSE = "Apache-2.0"
-LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${PHOSPHORBASE}/COPYING.apache-2.0;md5=34400b68072d710fecd0a2940a0d1658"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${COREBASE}/meta/files/common-licenses/Apache-2.0;md5=89aea4e17d99a7cacdbeed46a0096b10"
 
 inherit phosphor-mapper
 inherit native
diff --git a/recipes-phosphor/dbus/phosphor-dbus-monitor-config.bb b/recipes-phosphor/dbus/phosphor-dbus-monitor-config.bb
index 6fadcae..d1de054 100644
--- a/recipes-phosphor/dbus/phosphor-dbus-monitor-config.bb
+++ b/recipes-phosphor/dbus/phosphor-dbus-monitor-config.bb
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 HOMEPAGE = "http://github.com/openbmc/phosphor-dbus-monitor"
 PR = "r1"
 LICENSE = "Apache-2.0"
-LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${PHOSPHORBASE}/COPYING.apache-2.0;md5=34400b68072d710fecd0a2940a0d1658"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${COREBASE}/meta/files/common-licenses/Apache-2.0;md5=89aea4e17d99a7cacdbeed46a0096b10"
 
 inherit phosphor-dbus-monitor
 
diff --git a/recipes-phosphor/dbus/phosphor-legacy-namespace-mapper-config-native.bb b/recipes-phosphor/dbus/phosphor-legacy-namespace-mapper-config-native.bb
index fe0bea3..c923512 100644
--- a/recipes-phosphor/dbus/phosphor-legacy-namespace-mapper-config-native.bb
+++ b/recipes-phosphor/dbus/phosphor-legacy-namespace-mapper-config-native.bb
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 org.openbmc interface prefix to the mapper watch list."
 
 LICENSE = "Apache-2.0"
-LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${PHOSPHORBASE}/COPYING.apache-2.0;md5=34400b68072d710fecd0a2940a0d1658"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${COREBASE}/meta/files/common-licenses/Apache-2.0;md5=89aea4e17d99a7cacdbeed46a0096b10"
 
 inherit phosphor-mapper
 inherit native
diff --git a/recipes-phosphor/dbus/phosphor-mapper-config-native.bb b/recipes-phosphor/dbus/phosphor-mapper-config-native.bb
index 68163e1..37b9f64 100644
--- a/recipes-phosphor/dbus/phosphor-mapper-config-native.bb
+++ b/recipes-phosphor/dbus/phosphor-mapper-config-native.bb
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 HOMEPAGE = "http://github.com/openbmc/phosphor-objmgr"
 PR = "r1"
 LICENSE = "Apache-2.0"
-LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${PHOSPHORBASE}/COPYING.apache-2.0;md5=34400b68072d710fecd0a2940a0d1658"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${COREBASE}/meta/files/common-licenses/Apache-2.0;md5=89aea4e17d99a7cacdbeed46a0096b10"
 
 inherit native
 inherit phosphor-mapper
diff --git a/recipes-phosphor/dump/phosphor-debug-errors-native.bb b/recipes-phosphor/dump/phosphor-debug-errors-native.bb
index 7a6870c..0a232c8 100644
--- a/recipes-phosphor/dump/phosphor-debug-errors-native.bb
+++ b/recipes-phosphor/dump/phosphor-debug-errors-native.bb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 SUMMARY = "Debug collector error watch config file"
 PR = "r1"
 LICENSE = "Apache-2.0"
-LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${PHOSPHORBASE}/COPYING.apache-2.0;md5=34400b68072d710fecd0a2940a0d1658"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${COREBASE}/meta/files/common-licenses/Apache-2.0;md5=89aea4e17d99a7cacdbeed46a0096b10"
 
 inherit native
 
diff --git a/recipes-phosphor/fans/obmc-phosphor-fand.bb b/recipes-phosphor/fans/obmc-phosphor-fand.bb
index 70028af..f7a3e05 100644
--- a/recipes-phosphor/fans/obmc-phosphor-fand.bb
+++ b/recipes-phosphor/fans/obmc-phosphor-fand.bb
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 DESCRIPTION = "Phosphor OpenBMC fan management reference implementation."
 PR = "r1"
 LICENSE = "Apache-2.0"
-LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${PHOSPHORBASE}/COPYING.apache-2.0;md5=34400b68072d710fecd0a2940a0d1658"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${COREBASE}/meta/files/common-licenses/Apache-2.0;md5=89aea4e17d99a7cacdbeed46a0096b10"
 
 inherit pkgconfig
 inherit obmc-phosphor-sdbus-service
diff --git a/recipes-phosphor/fans/phosphor-fan-control-events-config.bb b/recipes-phosphor/fans/phosphor-fan-control-events-config.bb
index 360650f..433ac65 100644
--- a/recipes-phosphor/fans/phosphor-fan-control-events-config.bb
+++ b/recipes-phosphor/fans/phosphor-fan-control-events-config.bb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 SUMMARY = "Phosphor zone events definition default data"
 PR = "r1"
 LICENSE = "Apache-2.0"
-LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${PHOSPHORBASE}/COPYING.apache-2.0;md5=34400b68072d710fecd0a2940a0d1658"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${COREBASE}/meta/files/common-licenses/Apache-2.0;md5=89aea4e17d99a7cacdbeed46a0096b10"
 
 inherit allarch
 inherit phosphor-fan
diff --git a/recipes-phosphor/fans/phosphor-fan-control-fan-config.bb b/recipes-phosphor/fans/phosphor-fan-control-fan-config.bb
index b82da0a..ae3b80c 100644
--- a/recipes-phosphor/fans/phosphor-fan-control-fan-config.bb
+++ b/recipes-phosphor/fans/phosphor-fan-control-fan-config.bb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 SUMMARY = "Phosphor fan definition example data"
 PR = "r1"
 LICENSE = "Apache-2.0"
-LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${PHOSPHORBASE}/COPYING.apache-2.0;md5=34400b68072d710fecd0a2940a0d1658"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${COREBASE}/meta/files/common-licenses/Apache-2.0;md5=89aea4e17d99a7cacdbeed46a0096b10"
 
 inherit allarch
 inherit phosphor-fan
diff --git a/recipes-phosphor/fans/phosphor-fan-control-zone-conditions-config.bb b/recipes-phosphor/fans/phosphor-fan-control-zone-conditions-config.bb
index 1dc1149..3191753 100644
--- a/recipes-phosphor/fans/phosphor-fan-control-zone-conditions-config.bb
+++ b/recipes-phosphor/fans/phosphor-fan-control-zone-conditions-config.bb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 SUMMARY = "Phosphor zone conditions definition default data"
 PR = "r1"
 LICENSE = "Apache-2.0"
-LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${PHOSPHORBASE}/COPYING.apache-2.0;md5=34400b68072d710fecd0a2940a0d1658"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${COREBASE}/meta/files/common-licenses/Apache-2.0;md5=89aea4e17d99a7cacdbeed46a0096b10"
 
 inherit allarch
 inherit phosphor-fan
diff --git a/recipes-phosphor/fans/phosphor-fan-control-zone-config.bb b/recipes-phosphor/fans/phosphor-fan-control-zone-config.bb
index e649777..3e47d92 100644
--- a/recipes-phosphor/fans/phosphor-fan-control-zone-config.bb
+++ b/recipes-phosphor/fans/phosphor-fan-control-zone-config.bb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 SUMMARY = "Phosphor fan zone definition default data"
 PR = "r1"
 LICENSE = "Apache-2.0"
-LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${PHOSPHORBASE}/COPYING.apache-2.0;md5=34400b68072d710fecd0a2940a0d1658"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${COREBASE}/meta/files/common-licenses/Apache-2.0;md5=89aea4e17d99a7cacdbeed46a0096b10"
 
 inherit allarch
 inherit phosphor-fan
diff --git a/recipes-phosphor/fans/phosphor-fan-monitor-config.bb b/recipes-phosphor/fans/phosphor-fan-monitor-config.bb
index 9285981..98604de 100644
--- a/recipes-phosphor/fans/phosphor-fan-monitor-config.bb
+++ b/recipes-phosphor/fans/phosphor-fan-monitor-config.bb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 SUMMARY = "Phosphor fan monitor definition default data"
 PR = "r1"
 LICENSE = "Apache-2.0"
-LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${PHOSPHORBASE}/COPYING.apache-2.0;md5=34400b68072d710fecd0a2940a0d1658"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${COREBASE}/meta/files/common-licenses/Apache-2.0;md5=89aea4e17d99a7cacdbeed46a0096b10"
 
 inherit allarch
 inherit phosphor-fan
diff --git a/recipes-phosphor/fans/phosphor-fan-presence-config.bb b/recipes-phosphor/fans/phosphor-fan-presence-config.bb
index d4176c5..938509c 100644
--- a/recipes-phosphor/fans/phosphor-fan-presence-config.bb
+++ b/recipes-phosphor/fans/phosphor-fan-presence-config.bb
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 SUMMARY = "Config file for phosphor-fan-presence"
 PR = "r1"
 LICENSE = "Apache-2.0"
-LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${PHOSPHORBASE}/COPYING.apache-2.0;md5=34400b68072d710fecd0a2940a0d1658"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${COREBASE}/meta/files/common-licenses/Apache-2.0;md5=89aea4e17d99a7cacdbeed46a0096b10"
 
 inherit allarch
 inherit phosphor-fan
diff --git a/recipes-phosphor/flash/obmc-phosphor-flashd.bb b/recipes-phosphor/flash/obmc-phosphor-flashd.bb
index b596b81..602dbe9 100644
--- a/recipes-phosphor/flash/obmc-phosphor-flashd.bb
+++ b/recipes-phosphor/flash/obmc-phosphor-flashd.bb
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 DESCRIPTION = "Phosphor OpenBMC flash management reference implementation."
 PR = "r1"
 LICENSE = "Apache-2.0"
-LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${PHOSPHORBASE}/COPYING.apache-2.0;md5=34400b68072d710fecd0a2940a0d1658"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${COREBASE}/meta/files/common-licenses/Apache-2.0;md5=89aea4e17d99a7cacdbeed46a0096b10"
 
 inherit obmc-phosphor-pydbus-service
 
diff --git a/recipes-phosphor/flash/phosphor-image-signing.bb b/recipes-phosphor/flash/phosphor-image-signing.bb
index bce9853..16e1d99 100644
--- a/recipes-phosphor/flash/phosphor-image-signing.bb
+++ b/recipes-phosphor/flash/phosphor-image-signing.bb
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 DESCRIPTION = "Public key information to be included in images for image verification."
 PR = "r1"
 LICENSE = "Apache-2.0"
-LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${PHOSPHORBASE}/COPYING.apache-2.0;md5=34400b68072d710fecd0a2940a0d1658"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${COREBASE}/meta/files/common-licenses/Apache-2.0;md5=89aea4e17d99a7cacdbeed46a0096b10"
 
 inherit allarch
 
diff --git a/recipes-phosphor/flash/phosphor-insecure-signing-key-native.bb b/recipes-phosphor/flash/phosphor-insecure-signing-key-native.bb
index dc2243a..d16cea3 100644
--- a/recipes-phosphor/flash/phosphor-insecure-signing-key-native.bb
+++ b/recipes-phosphor/flash/phosphor-insecure-signing-key-native.bb
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 DESCRIPTION = "Do not use this key to sign images."
 PR = "r1"
 LICENSE = "Apache-2.0"
-LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${PHOSPHORBASE}/COPYING.apache-2.0;md5=34400b68072d710fecd0a2940a0d1658"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${COREBASE}/meta/files/common-licenses/Apache-2.0;md5=89aea4e17d99a7cacdbeed46a0096b10"
 
 inherit allarch
 inherit native
diff --git a/recipes-phosphor/flash/phosphor-software-manager-error-native_git.bb b/recipes-phosphor/flash/phosphor-software-manager-error-native_git.bb
index ade18da..806f07c 100644
--- a/recipes-phosphor/flash/phosphor-software-manager-error-native_git.bb
+++ b/recipes-phosphor/flash/phosphor-software-manager-error-native_git.bb
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 PR = "r1"
 PV = "1.0+git${SRCPV}"
 LICENSE = "Apache-2.0"
-LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${PHOSPHORBASE}/COPYING.apache-2.0;md5=34400b68072d710fecd0a2940a0d1658"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${COREBASE}/meta/files/common-licenses/Apache-2.0;md5=89aea4e17d99a7cacdbeed46a0096b10"
 
 inherit native
 inherit phosphor-dbus-yaml
diff --git a/recipes-phosphor/initrdscripts/obmc-phosphor-initfs.bb b/recipes-phosphor/initrdscripts/obmc-phosphor-initfs.bb
index ab2c38e..4c6fad8 100644
--- a/recipes-phosphor/initrdscripts/obmc-phosphor-initfs.bb
+++ b/recipes-phosphor/initrdscripts/obmc-phosphor-initfs.bb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 SUMMARY = "Phosphor OpenBMC pre-init scripts"
 DESCRIPTION = "Phosphor OpenBMC filesystem mount reference implementation."
 LICENSE = "Apache-2.0"
-LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${PHOSPHORBASE}/COPYING.apache-2.0;md5=34400b68072d710fecd0a2940a0d1658"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${COREBASE}/meta/files/common-licenses/Apache-2.0;md5=89aea4e17d99a7cacdbeed46a0096b10"
 
 PR = "r1"
 
diff --git a/recipes-phosphor/inventory/phosphor-inventory-manager-assettag.bb b/recipes-phosphor/inventory/phosphor-inventory-manager-assettag.bb
index 2dd6e28..2cba64e 100644
--- a/recipes-phosphor/inventory/phosphor-inventory-manager-assettag.bb
+++ b/recipes-phosphor/inventory/phosphor-inventory-manager-assettag.bb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 SUMMARY = "Recipe to create AssetTag property in inventory manager"
 PR = "r1"
 LICENSE = "Apache-2.0"
-LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${PHOSPHORBASE}/COPYING.apache-2.0;md5=34400b68072d710fecd0a2940a0d1658"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${COREBASE}/meta/files/common-licenses/Apache-2.0;md5=89aea4e17d99a7cacdbeed46a0096b10"
 
 inherit allarch
 inherit phosphor-inventory-manager
diff --git a/recipes-phosphor/ipmi/phosphor-ipmi-config.bb b/recipes-phosphor/ipmi/phosphor-ipmi-config.bb
index 96e977c..02a7c64 100644
--- a/recipes-phosphor/ipmi/phosphor-ipmi-config.bb
+++ b/recipes-phosphor/ipmi/phosphor-ipmi-config.bb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 SUMMARY = "Phosphor IPMI daemon configuration"
 PR = "r1"
 LICENSE = "Apache-2.0"
-LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${PHOSPHORBASE}/COPYING.apache-2.0;md5=34400b68072d710fecd0a2940a0d1658"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${COREBASE}/meta/files/common-licenses/Apache-2.0;md5=89aea4e17d99a7cacdbeed46a0096b10"
 
 inherit allarch
 
diff --git a/recipes-phosphor/ipmi/phosphor-ipmi-fru-merge-config-native.bb b/recipes-phosphor/ipmi/phosphor-ipmi-fru-merge-config-native.bb
index 734aca1..d86b7e9 100644
--- a/recipes-phosphor/ipmi/phosphor-ipmi-fru-merge-config-native.bb
+++ b/recipes-phosphor/ipmi/phosphor-ipmi-fru-merge-config-native.bb
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 fru-gen parser parses the merged config file and generates cpp file"
 PR = "r1"
 LICENSE = "Apache-2.0"
-LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${PHOSPHORBASE}/COPYING.apache-2.0;md5=34400b68072d710fecd0a2940a0d1658"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${COREBASE}/meta/files/common-licenses/Apache-2.0;md5=89aea4e17d99a7cacdbeed46a0096b10"
 
 inherit native
 inherit phosphor-ipmi-host
diff --git a/recipes-phosphor/ipmi/phosphor-ipmi-fru-properties-mrw-native.bb b/recipes-phosphor/ipmi/phosphor-ipmi-fru-properties-mrw-native.bb
index 31fba5a..5c1a4b4 100644
--- a/recipes-phosphor/ipmi/phosphor-ipmi-fru-properties-mrw-native.bb
+++ b/recipes-phosphor/ipmi/phosphor-ipmi-fru-properties-mrw-native.bb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 SUMMARY = "FRU properties config for ipmi-fru-parser"
 PR = "r1"
 LICENSE = "Apache-2.0"
-LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${PHOSPHORBASE}/COPYING.apache-2.0;md5=34400b68072d710fecd0a2940a0d1658"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${COREBASE}/meta/files/common-licenses/Apache-2.0;md5=89aea4e17d99a7cacdbeed46a0096b10"
 
 inherit native
 inherit phosphor-ipmi-fru
diff --git a/recipes-phosphor/ipmi/phosphor-ipmi-fru-properties-native.bb b/recipes-phosphor/ipmi/phosphor-ipmi-fru-properties-native.bb
index 02f4514..5b56f6b 100644
--- a/recipes-phosphor/ipmi/phosphor-ipmi-fru-properties-native.bb
+++ b/recipes-phosphor/ipmi/phosphor-ipmi-fru-properties-native.bb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 SUMMARY = "FRU properties config for ipmi-fru-parser"
 PR = "r1"
 LICENSE = "Apache-2.0"
-LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${PHOSPHORBASE}/COPYING.apache-2.0;md5=34400b68072d710fecd0a2940a0d1658"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${COREBASE}/meta/files/common-licenses/Apache-2.0;md5=89aea4e17d99a7cacdbeed46a0096b10"
 
 inherit native
 inherit phosphor-ipmi-fru
diff --git a/recipes-phosphor/ipmi/phosphor-ipmi-fru-read-bmc-inventory-native.bb b/recipes-phosphor/ipmi/phosphor-ipmi-fru-read-bmc-inventory-native.bb
index 1cd726f..dc696b1 100644
--- a/recipes-phosphor/ipmi/phosphor-ipmi-fru-read-bmc-inventory-native.bb
+++ b/recipes-phosphor/ipmi/phosphor-ipmi-fru-read-bmc-inventory-native.bb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 SUMMARY = "BMC accesible FRU inventory map for phosphor-ipmi-host"
 PR = "r1"
 LICENSE = "Apache-2.0"
-LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${PHOSPHORBASE}/COPYING.apache-2.0;md5=34400b68072d710fecd0a2940a0d1658"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${COREBASE}/meta/files/common-licenses/Apache-2.0;md5=89aea4e17d99a7cacdbeed46a0096b10"
 
 inherit native
 inherit phosphor-ipmi-host
diff --git a/recipes-phosphor/ipmi/phosphor-ipmi-fru-read-not-sent-by-host-inventory-native.bb b/recipes-phosphor/ipmi/phosphor-ipmi-fru-read-not-sent-by-host-inventory-native.bb
index 6c0da6c..8286487 100644
--- a/recipes-phosphor/ipmi/phosphor-ipmi-fru-read-not-sent-by-host-inventory-native.bb
+++ b/recipes-phosphor/ipmi/phosphor-ipmi-fru-read-not-sent-by-host-inventory-native.bb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 SUMMARY = "The inventory map of frus not sent by host for phosphor-ipmi-host"
 PR = "r1"
 LICENSE = "Apache-2.0"
-LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${PHOSPHORBASE}/COPYING.apache-2.0;md5=34400b68072d710fecd0a2940a0d1658"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${COREBASE}/meta/files/common-licenses/Apache-2.0;md5=89aea4e17d99a7cacdbeed46a0096b10"
 
 inherit native
 inherit phosphor-ipmi-host
diff --git a/recipes-phosphor/ipmi/phosphor-ipmi-fru-whitelist-native.bb b/recipes-phosphor/ipmi/phosphor-ipmi-fru-whitelist-native.bb
index 99036b5..a4e93e2 100644
--- a/recipes-phosphor/ipmi/phosphor-ipmi-fru-whitelist-native.bb
+++ b/recipes-phosphor/ipmi/phosphor-ipmi-fru-whitelist-native.bb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 SUMMARY = "Whitelisted IPMI FRU Parser commands"
 DESCRIPTION = "Whitelisted IPMI FRU Parser commands for OpenBMC"
 LICENSE = "Apache-2.0"
-LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${PHOSPHORBASE}/COPYING.apache-2.0;md5=34400b68072d710fecd0a2940a0d1658"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${COREBASE}/meta/files/common-licenses/Apache-2.0;md5=89aea4e17d99a7cacdbeed46a0096b10"
 
 inherit native
 inherit phosphor-ipmi-host-whitelist
diff --git a/recipes-phosphor/ipmi/phosphor-ipmi-inventory-sel-mrw-native.bb b/recipes-phosphor/ipmi/phosphor-ipmi-inventory-sel-mrw-native.bb
index 6989358..86a6411 100644
--- a/recipes-phosphor/ipmi/phosphor-ipmi-inventory-sel-mrw-native.bb
+++ b/recipes-phosphor/ipmi/phosphor-ipmi-inventory-sel-mrw-native.bb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 SUMMARY = "Inventory to Sensor config for phosphor-host-ipmi"
 PR = "r1"
 LICENSE = "Apache-2.0"
-LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${PHOSPHORBASE}/COPYING.apache-2.0;md5=34400b68072d710fecd0a2940a0d1658"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${COREBASE}/meta/files/common-licenses/Apache-2.0;md5=89aea4e17d99a7cacdbeed46a0096b10"
 
 inherit native
 inherit phosphor-ipmi-host
diff --git a/recipes-phosphor/ipmi/phosphor-ipmi-inventory-sel-native.bb b/recipes-phosphor/ipmi/phosphor-ipmi-inventory-sel-native.bb
index b99ccc7..2a0aab6 100644
--- a/recipes-phosphor/ipmi/phosphor-ipmi-inventory-sel-native.bb
+++ b/recipes-phosphor/ipmi/phosphor-ipmi-inventory-sel-native.bb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 SUMMARY = "Inventory to Sensor config for non-mrw machines"
 PR = "r1"
 LICENSE = "Apache-2.0"
-LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${PHOSPHORBASE}/COPYING.apache-2.0;md5=34400b68072d710fecd0a2940a0d1658"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${COREBASE}/meta/files/common-licenses/Apache-2.0;md5=89aea4e17d99a7cacdbeed46a0096b10"
 
 inherit native
 inherit phosphor-ipmi-host
diff --git a/recipes-phosphor/ipmi/phosphor-ipmi-sensor-config-native.bb b/recipes-phosphor/ipmi/phosphor-ipmi-sensor-config-native.bb
index dfbb938..6259e4f 100644
--- a/recipes-phosphor/ipmi/phosphor-ipmi-sensor-config-native.bb
+++ b/recipes-phosphor/ipmi/phosphor-ipmi-sensor-config-native.bb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 SUMMARY = "OpenBMC - IPMI sensors"
 PR = "r1"
 LICENSE = "Apache-2.0"
-LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${PHOSPHORBASE}/COPYING.apache-2.0;md5=34400b68072d710fecd0a2940a0d1658"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${COREBASE}/meta/files/common-licenses/Apache-2.0;md5=89aea4e17d99a7cacdbeed46a0096b10"
 
 inherit native
 
diff --git a/recipes-phosphor/ipmi/phosphor-ipmi-sensor-inventory-mrw-config-native.bb b/recipes-phosphor/ipmi/phosphor-ipmi-sensor-inventory-mrw-config-native.bb
index a01a543..76fff8e 100644
--- a/recipes-phosphor/ipmi/phosphor-ipmi-sensor-inventory-mrw-config-native.bb
+++ b/recipes-phosphor/ipmi/phosphor-ipmi-sensor-inventory-mrw-config-native.bb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 SUMMARY = "sensor config for phosphor-host-ipmid"
 PR = "r1"
 LICENSE = "Apache-2.0"
-LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${PHOSPHORBASE}/COPYING.apache-2.0;md5=34400b68072d710fecd0a2940a0d1658"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${COREBASE}/meta/files/common-licenses/Apache-2.0;md5=89aea4e17d99a7cacdbeed46a0096b10"
 
 inherit native
 inherit phosphor-ipmi-host
diff --git a/recipes-phosphor/ipmi/phosphor-ipmi-sensor-inventory-mrw-native.bb b/recipes-phosphor/ipmi/phosphor-ipmi-sensor-inventory-mrw-native.bb
index 5d679b4..23bd32b 100644
--- a/recipes-phosphor/ipmi/phosphor-ipmi-sensor-inventory-mrw-native.bb
+++ b/recipes-phosphor/ipmi/phosphor-ipmi-sensor-inventory-mrw-native.bb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 SUMMARY = "sensor config for phosphor-host-ipmid"
 PR = "r1"
 LICENSE = "Apache-2.0"
-LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${PHOSPHORBASE}/COPYING.apache-2.0;md5=34400b68072d710fecd0a2940a0d1658"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${COREBASE}/meta/files/common-licenses/Apache-2.0;md5=89aea4e17d99a7cacdbeed46a0096b10"
 
 inherit native
 inherit phosphor-ipmi-host
diff --git a/recipes-phosphor/ipmi/phosphor-ipmi-sensor-inventory-native.bb b/recipes-phosphor/ipmi/phosphor-ipmi-sensor-inventory-native.bb
index 4e58cf4..1f5df6d 100644
--- a/recipes-phosphor/ipmi/phosphor-ipmi-sensor-inventory-native.bb
+++ b/recipes-phosphor/ipmi/phosphor-ipmi-sensor-inventory-native.bb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 SUMMARY = "Sensor config for phosphor-host-ipmi"
 PR = "r1"
 LICENSE = "Apache-2.0"
-LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${PHOSPHORBASE}/COPYING.apache-2.0;md5=34400b68072d710fecd0a2940a0d1658"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${COREBASE}/meta/files/common-licenses/Apache-2.0;md5=89aea4e17d99a7cacdbeed46a0096b10"
 
 inherit native
 inherit phosphor-ipmi-host
diff --git a/recipes-phosphor/leds/phosphor-led-manager-config-mrw-native.bb b/recipes-phosphor/leds/phosphor-led-manager-config-mrw-native.bb
index ccc0fc2..4eeb6ce 100644
--- a/recipes-phosphor/leds/phosphor-led-manager-config-mrw-native.bb
+++ b/recipes-phosphor/leds/phosphor-led-manager-config-mrw-native.bb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 SUMMARY = "Phosphor LED Group Management with MRW generated data"
 PR = "r1"
 LICENSE = "Apache-2.0"
-LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${PHOSPHORBASE}/COPYING.apache-2.0;md5=34400b68072d710fecd0a2940a0d1658"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${COREBASE}/meta/files/common-licenses/Apache-2.0;md5=89aea4e17d99a7cacdbeed46a0096b10"
 
 inherit native
 inherit mrw-xml
diff --git a/recipes-phosphor/leds/phosphor-led-manager-error-native_git.bb b/recipes-phosphor/leds/phosphor-led-manager-error-native_git.bb
index a2b9c3f..a244767 100644
--- a/recipes-phosphor/leds/phosphor-led-manager-error-native_git.bb
+++ b/recipes-phosphor/leds/phosphor-led-manager-error-native_git.bb
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 PR = "r1"
 PV = "1.0+git${SRCPV}"
 LICENSE = "Apache-2.0"
-LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${PHOSPHORBASE}/COPYING.apache-2.0;md5=34400b68072d710fecd0a2940a0d1658"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${COREBASE}/meta/files/common-licenses/Apache-2.0;md5=89aea4e17d99a7cacdbeed46a0096b10"
 
 inherit native
 inherit phosphor-dbus-yaml
diff --git a/recipes-phosphor/logging/phosphor-logging-callouts-example-native.bb b/recipes-phosphor/logging/phosphor-logging-callouts-example-native.bb
index 434d5d0..7362c79 100644
--- a/recipes-phosphor/logging/phosphor-logging-callouts-example-native.bb
+++ b/recipes-phosphor/logging/phosphor-logging-callouts-example-native.bb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 SUMMARY = "Generated callout information for phosphor-logging"
 PR = "r1"
 LICENSE = "Apache-2.0"
-LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${PHOSPHORBASE}/COPYING.apache-2.0;md5=34400b68072d710fecd0a2940a0d1658"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${COREBASE}/meta/files/common-licenses/Apache-2.0;md5=89aea4e17d99a7cacdbeed46a0096b10"
 
 inherit native
 inherit phosphor-logging
diff --git a/recipes-phosphor/logging/phosphor-logging-callouts-mrw-native.bb b/recipes-phosphor/logging/phosphor-logging-callouts-mrw-native.bb
index be53df5..9515c68 100644
--- a/recipes-phosphor/logging/phosphor-logging-callouts-mrw-native.bb
+++ b/recipes-phosphor/logging/phosphor-logging-callouts-mrw-native.bb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 SUMMARY = "Generated callout information for phosphor-logging"
 PR = "r1"
 LICENSE = "Apache-2.0"
-LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${PHOSPHORBASE}/COPYING.apache-2.0;md5=34400b68072d710fecd0a2940a0d1658"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${COREBASE}/meta/files/common-licenses/Apache-2.0;md5=89aea4e17d99a7cacdbeed46a0096b10"
 
 inherit native
 inherit phosphor-logging
diff --git a/recipes-phosphor/logging/phosphor-logging-error-logs-native.bb b/recipes-phosphor/logging/phosphor-logging-error-logs-native.bb
index ddb7faa..23464eb 100644
--- a/recipes-phosphor/logging/phosphor-logging-error-logs-native.bb
+++ b/recipes-phosphor/logging/phosphor-logging-error-logs-native.bb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 SUMMARY = "Phosphor OpenBMC - error log meta data generation"
 PR = "r1"
 LICENSE = "Apache-2.0"
-LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${PHOSPHORBASE}/COPYING.apache-2.0;md5=34400b68072d710fecd0a2940a0d1658"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${COREBASE}/meta/files/common-licenses/Apache-2.0;md5=89aea4e17d99a7cacdbeed46a0096b10"
 
 inherit native
 
diff --git a/recipes-phosphor/mrw/mrw-native_git.bb b/recipes-phosphor/mrw/mrw-native_git.bb
index 80bfabc..b17b7f6 100644
--- a/recipes-phosphor/mrw/mrw-native_git.bb
+++ b/recipes-phosphor/mrw/mrw-native_git.bb
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 inherit mrw-xml
 
 PHOSPHOR_MRW_LICENSE ?= "Apache-2.0"
-PHOSPHOR_MRW_LIC_FILES_CHKSUM ?= "file://${PHOSPHORBASE}/COPYING.apache-2.0;md5=34400b68072d710fecd0a2940a0d1658"
+PHOSPHOR_MRW_LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${COREBASE}/meta/files/common-licenses/Apache-2.0;md5=89aea4e17d99a7cacdbeed46a0096b10"
 PHOSPHOR_MRW_URI ?= "http://missing-mrw-uri"
 
 LICENSE = "${PHOSPHOR_MRW_LICENSE}"
diff --git a/recipes-phosphor/preinit-mounts/preinit-mounts.bb b/recipes-phosphor/preinit-mounts/preinit-mounts.bb
index 934d8da..5642f16 100644
--- a/recipes-phosphor/preinit-mounts/preinit-mounts.bb
+++ b/recipes-phosphor/preinit-mounts/preinit-mounts.bb
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 inherit update-alternatives
 
 LICENSE = "Apache-2.0"
-LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${PHOSPHORBASE}/COPYING.apache-2.0;md5=34400b68072d710fecd0a2940a0d1658"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${COREBASE}/meta/files/common-licenses/Apache-2.0;md5=89aea4e17d99a7cacdbeed46a0096b10"
 
 RDEPENDS_${PN} += "${VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_base-utils}"
 
diff --git a/recipes-phosphor/sensors/phosphor-hwmon-config-mrw.bb b/recipes-phosphor/sensors/phosphor-hwmon-config-mrw.bb
index 91e4fa5..ab222ab 100644
--- a/recipes-phosphor/sensors/phosphor-hwmon-config-mrw.bb
+++ b/recipes-phosphor/sensors/phosphor-hwmon-config-mrw.bb
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 DESCRIPTION = "Generate phosphor-hwmon configuration from an MRW."
 PR = "r1"
 LICENSE = "Apache-2.0"
-LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${PHOSPHORBASE}/COPYING.apache-2.0;md5=34400b68072d710fecd0a2940a0d1658"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${COREBASE}/meta/files/common-licenses/Apache-2.0;md5=89aea4e17d99a7cacdbeed46a0096b10"
 
 inherit allarch
 inherit mrw-xml
diff --git a/recipes-phosphor/settings/phosphor-settings-defaults-native.bb b/recipes-phosphor/settings/phosphor-settings-defaults-native.bb
index ad156f9..eaf9fba 100644
--- a/recipes-phosphor/settings/phosphor-settings-defaults-native.bb
+++ b/recipes-phosphor/settings/phosphor-settings-defaults-native.bb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 SUMMARY = "Default settings"
 PR = "r1"
 LICENSE = "Apache-2.0"
-LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${PHOSPHORBASE}/COPYING.apache-2.0;md5=34400b68072d710fecd0a2940a0d1658"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${COREBASE}/meta/files/common-licenses/Apache-2.0;md5=89aea4e17d99a7cacdbeed46a0096b10"
 
 inherit native
 inherit phosphor-settings-manager
diff --git a/recipes-phosphor/settings/phosphor-settings-read-settings-mrw-native.bb b/recipes-phosphor/settings/phosphor-settings-read-settings-mrw-native.bb
index 023626e..7490d54 100644
--- a/recipes-phosphor/settings/phosphor-settings-read-settings-mrw-native.bb
+++ b/recipes-phosphor/settings/phosphor-settings-read-settings-mrw-native.bb
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 SUMMARY = "Generates MRW settings override YAML for phosphor-settings-manager."
 PR = "r1"
 LICENSE = "Apache-2.0"
-LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${PHOSPHORBASE}/COPYING.apache-2.0;md5=34400b68072d710fecd0a2940a0d1658"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${COREBASE}/meta/files/common-licenses/Apache-2.0;md5=89aea4e17d99a7cacdbeed46a0096b10"
 
 inherit native
 inherit phosphor-settings-manager
diff --git a/recipes-phosphor/system/obmc-phosphor-sysd.bb b/recipes-phosphor/system/obmc-phosphor-sysd.bb
index 07b360a..9879a61 100644
--- a/recipes-phosphor/system/obmc-phosphor-sysd.bb
+++ b/recipes-phosphor/system/obmc-phosphor-sysd.bb
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 DESCRIPTION = "Phosphor OpenBMC system management reference implementation."
 PR = "r1"
 LICENSE = "Apache-2.0"
-LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${PHOSPHORBASE}/COPYING.apache-2.0;md5=34400b68072d710fecd0a2940a0d1658"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${COREBASE}/meta/files/common-licenses/Apache-2.0;md5=89aea4e17d99a7cacdbeed46a0096b10"
 
 inherit obmc-phosphor-pydbus-service
 
diff --git a/recipes-phosphor/systemd-policy/phosphor-systemd-policy.bb b/recipes-phosphor/systemd-policy/phosphor-systemd-policy.bb
index 9a9f2bc..2143397 100644
--- a/recipes-phosphor/systemd-policy/phosphor-systemd-policy.bb
+++ b/recipes-phosphor/systemd-policy/phosphor-systemd-policy.bb
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 PR = "r1"
 
 LICENSE = "Apache-2.0"
-LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${PHOSPHORBASE}/COPYING.apache-2.0;md5=34400b68072d710fecd0a2940a0d1658"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${COREBASE}/meta/files/common-licenses/Apache-2.0;md5=89aea4e17d99a7cacdbeed46a0096b10"
 
 DEPENDS += "systemd"